Bin David Li (b. 1987, Fuzhou, China) is a composer, artist, and multi-instrumentalist (qin 琴, piano, shō 笙) based in New York City. Published by Edition Wandelweiser, his recent work attends to the otherness of sound and its mnemonic derivatives.
Bin’s music has been performed internationally at festivals, venues, and unexpected spaces, with his open scores realized in a variety of contexts (see a representative list below). Recordings include i am also here, in collaboration with Stefan Thut, released via Edition Wandelweiser Records (2019).
Bin received degrees with high distinction from the Jacobs School of Music (BM in Composition) and the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in 2012. His further music training includes a residency mentorship with Antoine Beuger in 2016 and a composition fellowship at IRCAM Manifeste in 2018.
Outside of music, Bin maintains a professional alter ego as a licensed CPA in New York State, with over 15 years of experience as a financial consultant. He also serves on the boards of several non-profit organizations, including Ensemble Dal Niente and RAM.
Performance Archive (selected)
2026 — Plucked, Suspended (Concert for Pipa and Organ) — Julia Deng (pipa), Bin Li (organ, piano, qin) — St. John’s in the Village — New York, USA
2025 — Netori Netori — Thomas Piercy (clarinet), Lish Lindsey (ryuteki), Todd Groves (hichiriki), Bin Li (shō), ClarinetFest Orchestra under the direction of David Itkin — ClarinetFest 2025 — Fort Worth, TX, USA
2022 — songs of Song, (america is hard) to hear — Portrait Concert — Wandelweiser Ensemble — Amsterdam Wandelweiser Festival — Orgelpark — Amsterdam, Netherlands
2019 — from here to hear — Portrait Concert — Petri Huurinainen (bowed acoustic guitar), Cameron Howe (viola), Bin Li (qin), Alex Nikiporenko (keyboard, melodica), Sebastian Sterkowicz (bass clarinet), Emmanuelle Waeckerle (shruti box), Mirei Yazawa (trumpet) — Cozy Nook — London, UK
2018 — Voices — Thomas Piercy (hichiriki) — Soft Series — New York, USA
2018 — i am also here — The Unseen Festival — Counterpath — Denver, CO, USA
2018 — People of the South Wind — IU Symphonic Band — Society of Composers National Conference — Jacobs School of Music — Bloomington, IN, USA
2018 — Together, Apart — Wandelweiser Ensemble — Klangraum — Düsseldorf, Germany
2017 — 黄钟 (a) — Score Follower — online publication / platform
2017 — Alone, Together — The Other Instrument Collective — Inner Fields — New York, USA
2016 — Alone, Together, Apart — Antoine Maisonhaute (violin), Pablo Tognan (cello), Nicolas Cross (double bass) — Saint-Martin-Vésubie, France
2014 — Lighted Fools — Avanti! Chamber Orchestra — Avanti! Summer Sounds Festival — Porvoo, Finland
2013 — What I Have Forgotten — Ensemble Lunatik — Palais Montcalm — Quebec City, Canada
2012 — Autobahn Beyond — Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra — Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival — Terre Haute, IN, USA
2012 — Discrete Dimensions — Aspen Music Festival — Aspen, USA